Ragazzini Rotho MS1 25 GPM Wine Transfer Pump

The Rotho MS1 from Ragazzini represents an ideal pump for barrel work, bottling, filtration, and other tasks around the winery, where extremely gentle handling is of utmost importance.

Like all peristaltic pumps, gentle transfer is the name of the game. Ragazzini builds their pumps larger than competitive peristaltic pumps. They do this for a good reason: the larger the pump the fewer RPMs required to achieve the advertised speed. The MS1 can move your wine at relatively low velocity with zero mechanical shear, ensuring the absolute integrity of the final product.

If you're looking at peristaltic pumps, you've surely come across other brands, and may be wondering how they compare to Ragazzini. The answer is simple: they don't. Most peristaltic pumps offered for wineries are made of stainless steel plates welded together. The result is inconsistent build qualities, anemic performance, and lots of power lost in the pump body as the stainless sheet flexes. Ragazzini pumps, on the other hand, are machined from extremely thick cast steel and aluminum. They are engineered to transfer every drop of force from the rollers into pumping power. All power from the rollers is transferred over the hose, resulting in strong, consistent performance, and no energy lost to flexing. We have case studies of Ragazzini pumps moving liquid over thousands of feet while still only drawing a fraction of their total potential power.

Ragazzini only makes peristaltic and piston pumps, and they are intensely focused on quality, engineering, and performance. Most other peristaltic pumps sold into wineries are made by companies that also make destemmers, bottle fillers, etc. They do not have the expertise in pump design that Ragazzini possesses. Outside of the wine industry, Ragazzini Rotho pumps are used in municipal, industrial, and even pharmaceutical applications. Most peristaltic pumps sold to wineries are not used outside of the wine industry, because they are unable to perform to the exacting requirements other industries demand.

Ragazzini's peristaltic wine pumps are already the gold standard in Europe and Australia, and are quickly gaining a cult following in the United States—particularly amongst winemakers who've worked abroad and seen their capabilities firsthand.

Lead Times

Ragazzini pumps are built to order, with a typical lead time of about 4-6 weeks.